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Spurs fans under attack in Lyon

Three Tottenham fans are said to have been taken to hospital, one with a head injury, after a group of up to 50 masked thugs attacked a bar on the eve of their team's game in Lyon.

Eyewitnesses say the group of attackers smashed doors and threw cast iron chairs, wooden objects, and a flare in to the Smoking Dog pub in Lyon while up to 150 Spurs fans were drinking in the establishment, which is popular among ex-pats in the French city.

It is the second time that Tottenham fans have been targeted by an apparent anti-Semitic attack in the last three months. In November, fans of the club, which has a traditionally strong Jewish following, were ambushed inside a pub in Rome on the eve of their game against Lazio.